Verizon Wireless works with Dell and HP on datacards for laptop computers to be connected to the EV-DO network. Average bitrates are 400-700 kbps.
The purely cellular strategy shows from the HP press release: “No longer confined by Wi-Fi hotspot locations, users can work where they want to, even staying connected in a taxi cab as they head to an airport.” Aimed bluntly at T-Mobile USA, which keeps working on extending its WiFi reach. Whereas Verizon Wireless stresses the reach and mobility of its cellular network, T-Mobile boasts the higher bitrates of WiFi.
I guess both strategies are viable. Technology upgrades are coming for both (EV-DV and 802.11n).
The remainder is a matter of spectrum (capacity), but that issue keeps evolving too. Analogue TV will be shut down (2009?) and spectrum will be auctioned off (at what price?!?) to cellular operators.
Wednesday, September 21, 2005
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